Handel

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Sold

85,000 USD

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Description

Handel
A Fine and Rare Elk Lamp
shade inscribed HANDEL 6480
reverse-painted glass and patinated metal
26 in. (66 cm) high 18 in. (45.7 cm) diameter of shade

Provenance

Oliver and Mabel McClellan Knight, Bridgeport, CT, 1918
Jean Knight Miller, Flossmoor, IL
Thence by descent

Literature

Carole Hibel et al., The Handel Lamps Book, Pittsfield, MA, 1999, p. 199

Catalogue Note

This Handel table lamp was presented as a wedding gift to Oliver and Mabel McClellan Knight in 1918 and has remained in the family to the present date.